Big Brother the toilet troll
Um, what would the price premium be for a toilet that operates as a stoolie? 10X? 20X? Don't hold your breath waiting for it to become a standard. Ever seen the commodes in Japan with all sorts of knobs and switches? Reminds me of a joke I heard about same long ago. Rather than take serious risks leave the bells and whistles alone and use the compatibility mode. Poop jokes on CP. Jeesh. Mike
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
Um, what would the price premium be for a toilet that operates as a stoolie? 10X? 20X? Don't hold your breath waiting for it to become a standard.
The hell of it is, this provides a useful function. The only thing that makes it invasive is that it communicates with people OTHER than the one whose poop it's analyzing. I'd actually pay a substantial amount of money to have a "health monitor" system in place -- to alert *me* to any problems or parasites in my gut, so that *I* could take appropriate action (or not, as I choose). Why the hell does this guy want it to talk to people other than the one with the health interest? Bear
Funny, I just read a piece in a medical journal about these. They were talking about a approx. $1500 price tag, which is not too outrageous. mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
Um, what would the price premium be for a toilet that operates as a stoolie? 10X? 20X? Don't hold your breath waiting for it to become a standard. Ever seen the commodes in Japan with all sorts of knobs and switches? Reminds me of a joke I heard about same long ago. Rather than take serious risks leave the bells and whistles alone and use the compatibility mode.
Poop jokes on CP. Jeesh.
Mike
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